about that bill, afghanistan, and anything else he would like to talk about, let me welcome senator lindsay gramm. and [applause] >> this is the worst design room i have ever been in. that is saying all lot. can you see me? i really appreciate it. is it me or the lunch? without food, i would have been worried. if you came here to figure out how all green paid in south carolina or a good thing to dabble in witchcraft, how many houses charlie rangel actually owns, whether obama was born in america, or whether the dream act will have harry reid in the upcoming election, you come to the wrong place. we're going to talk for about 35 minutes, and at that point in time pull me off of this place because i believe in the geneva convention and one of them is that if a politician talks over 35 minutes, you violate the rights of the audience. the fact that you came here says a lot of value. i think it is good. you could be playing golf or making money but you decided to come here and have a discussion with me and others about our national security, and we're how many days before the election? i am not